Formatting Ethiopian Dates with Kenat

Kenat provides flexible methods to format Ethiopian dates and times with options for language, weekday names, Geez numerals, and time formatting.

format(options) Method

Formats the Ethiopian date with customizable options:

Option	Type	Default	Description
`lang`	string	`'amharic'`	Language for month and weekday (`amharic`, `english`)
`showWeekday`	boolean	`false`	Whether to include the weekday name
`useGeez`	boolean	`false`	Format day and year with Geez numerals (Amharic only)
`includeTime`	boolean	`false`	Include Ethiopian time with localized suffix

Examples

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import Kenat from 'kenat';
 
const today = new Kenat(2016, 1, 10, 8, 30, 'day');
 
// Default: Amharic, no weekday, Arabic numerals, no time
console.log(today.format());
// Output: መስከረም 10 2016
 
// English month name
console.log(today.format({ lang: 'english' }));
// Output: Meskerem 10 2016
 
// Include weekday name in Amharic
console.log(today.format({ showWeekday: true }));
// Output: ማክሰኞ, መስከረም 10 2016
 
// Include weekday + Geez numerals in Amharic
console.log(today.format({ showWeekday: true, useGeez: true }));
// Output: ማክሰኞ, መስከረም ፲ ፳፻፲፮
 
// Include time, Amharic
console.log(today.format({ includeTime: true }));
// Output: መስከረም 10 2016 08:30 ጠዋት
 
// Include weekday and time, English
console.log(today.format({ showWeekday: true, includeTime: true, lang: 'english' }));
// Output: Tuesday, Meskerem 10 2016 08:30 day

Additional Format Methods

format In Geez and Amharic

formatInGeezAmharic() Formats date with Amharic month and Geez numerals:


today.formatInGeezAmharic();
// Example output: መስከረም ፲ ፳፻፲፮

Format with Weekday

formatWithWeekday(lang = ‘amharic’, useGeez = false)

Formats date with weekday name:


today.formatWithWeekday('english', false);
// Example output: Tuesday, Meskerem 10 2016

formatShort

formatShort() Returns a short date string:


today.formatShort();
// Example output: 2016/01/10

toISOString

toISOString() Returns ISO-like string with optional time:


today.toISOString();
// Example output: 2016-01-10T08:30